Starry eyed wannabe with lots of stupid questions

1) Working off Uship isn't illegal.
2) No - you do not have to have cargo insurance. However having it will make you "Verified" however that has no bearing on if a shipper can you choose you or not.
3) Uship is great if you are already headed a certain way for something else. If you are counting on actually paying the bills off it you will probably have a hard time. The three things I have picked up 1) A bumper for a Jaguar - I was headed to Atlanta from Charleston, SC in my personal pickup and I offset part of the fuel bill by making a whopping $50. The pickup was right off the interstate. In retrospect I am not sure it was actually worth it but once you make direct contact w/ these people they will call you directly next time. 2) A piece of fragile artwork - I told the art gallery in Chattanooga, TN ( via Uship email system ) that a truck was headed through Chattanooga, TN going to Lexington, KY and then onto Houston, TX ( final destination for artwork ). If she it wanted to ride in the bunk in the tractor we would take it for $150 ( I think +/-). In this scenario once the driver got paid $40 and probably the extra $40 in fuel on the delivery end I made an extra $70. 3) Was actually a FTL going from Atlanta to Cincinnati which was a good lane for us and the receiver paid you an extra $50 if you helped unload empty stainless steel barrels. The guy is now a direct customer, fair rate, check comes a few days after delivery. A once every two months kind of guy but I'll take a direct customer any day of the week.

There seems to be a good bit of FB and SD, RGN, work on Uship - they are mostly looking to cut costs and most have no deadline on when something has to ship. They tend to wait around and see how low it goes so it becomes impossibly to "plan" on getting that shipment. Advice would be to keep an eye out on shipments but do not spend too much time on it. If I look at my track record in terms of bids offered / loads moved. I have probably bid on 40 things and moved 3. The time spent starts to grind on you....

Are you trying to broker these loads or move them yourself? The reason I ask is b/c of your screen name. If your trying to broker them I really wouldnt spend the time. If moving yourself, maybe spend a little time on it but make sure you do not get too caught up in it.

 

I drive for a company, let them book my loads... They take 12% for their service. Driving by the numbers and legal on hours, I average $2200 to $3300 take home after my expenses.

 

I wanted to move them myself. Seems the shipper always picked somebody else even if I was the lowest bidder. It's funny how on that show "Shipping Wars" it shows them bidding on an item and winning it like an auction right away. Reality is far from that. Then you have the stupid shippers who don't even bother to check their listings daily or answer your questions. I don't know how people can make a living hauling off Uship.

 

Does anyone read through previous posts before posting a new thread? Every day a different person is asking the same question "thinking about starting a hot shot business".

These same questions keep getting answered over and over.....

 

I LOVE sarcasm!

 

Everyone that hauls Rv's makes a ton of money.... It's the latest get rich quick gig out there

 

Stop it, stop it- your killing me. I can't get off the ground. Your killing me. I'm holding my gut laughing.